Liqueur bottle cooler (seau ovale à liqueur)
This cooler has a dark blue ground with an all-over pattern in gold. The reserved panels with flowers are on a white ground. It is said to be painted by Rosset. The handles branch off of the body and curl over, decorated with a leaf-like design.
Central division missing.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
1950 | The Eighteenth Century Art of France and England. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal. |
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 9/16 x W: 11 15/16 in. (11.6 x 30.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.751